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UNITED STATES NEIL E. SALSICH, OF BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA.

GUARD RAIL.

Application led July 17, 1923. VSerial' No. 652,038.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, NEIL E. SALsroH, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Bethlehem, Lehigh County, State ofPenn- Sylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guard Rails, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to guard rails forl railroad rails and it has for its object to provide apparatus of this character which may be economically manufactured, which shall be durable and strong, and which shall be capable of ready and accurate installation.

More particularly my invention relates to a guard rail consisting of a rolled angle section having a bottom supporting fiange, a web portion integral with the iiange, and a head portion integral with the web portion, the head portion being machined olf at the ends in order to provide Ydivergent wheel entrance spaces with respect to the track rail.

Apparatus made in accordance with my invention, is illustrated in the accompany ing drawings, forming a part of this application, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a track rail with my improved guard rail positioned with respect thereto; and

Figures 2, 3, 4 and 5 are sectional views taken along the line II-II, III-III, IV-IV and V-V, respectively, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring now to the drawings for a better understanding of my invention, I show a guard rail 10 of the rolled angle section type having a bottom flange 11 of suficient width to pass preferably beneath and beyond the supporting flange 12 of the main or track rail 13, so that spike receiving openings 14 may be provided beyond the other edge of the ange 12.

The guard rail 10 is provided with a substantially vertical web 15, which joins the bottom flange 11 and which merges into a head portion 16 co-operatively related to the head' portion 17 of the main rail 13.

The end portions of the head portion 16 are machined off at the side adjacent to the track rail, as indicated at 18, in order to provide divergent entrance spaces for wheel fianges.

In the drawings, I show a straight angle section guard rail having its web portion 15 parallel to the web portion of the track rail and having a head portion whose side remote from the track rail is parallel thereto.

Spreading of thepguard rail 10 with respect to the main or track rail 13 is resisted by spikes whichr pass through the openings 14 both for the purpose of holding the rail 13 in place and for the purpose of transmitting lateral thrusts imparted to the guard rail 10 to the iiange 12 of the main or track rail. Lateral thrusts imparted to the head portion 16 of the vguard rail are also resisted by angle sections 22 riveted to the web 15 at the side of the latter remote from the main or track rail, the angle sections 22 being opposite the spike receiving openings 14 and beingprovided with spike receiving openings 23. The guard rail construction y is additionally strengthened by welds 2G between the Vparts 10'and 22.

I show a foot guard 24 of the rolled type which is secured to the guard rail web 15 in any suitable manner as by the rivets 25. The particular yfeatures of this foot guard are disclosed more fully and claimed in my application Serial Number 652,040, filed July 17, 1923. f

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have provided an improved type of guard rail structure which is capable of being readily rolled and which, in its construction, involves merely rolling and milling operations without bending, thereby facilitating manufacture and installation.

Vhile I have shown my invention in but one form, it will'beobvious to thoseskilled in the art that it is not so limited, but is susceptible of various other changes and modifications without departing from the spirit thereof, and I desire, therefore, that only such limitations shall be placed thereupon as are imposed by the prior art or as are specifically set forth in the appended y its ends at the flange side thereof in order to define divergent Wheel-flange entrance spaces With respect to the track rail.

2. A railroad guardK railv consisting of. an 5 angle section having a supporting flange, a

10 loin supporting flange having spil-e reeeiving openings therein, a web portion integral with the flange, a head portion integral with the web portion and tapered atf one side at each end, an-d spaced reinforcing members secured to the Web portion. and provided with flanges having spike receiving openings.

4. A railroad guard rail consisting of a straight rolled angle section having a main rail supporting flange and a head portion connectedV together by a web portion, the ends of the head portion being tapered off at the flange side thereof.

Iii-testimony whereof, hereunto aiiix signature this 5th day ofJuly, 1923.

NEIL E. SALSGH.

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